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  • Building a brand: SpareTicket.com.au – a case study

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    Creating a new brand is an intensive, yet highly satisfying journey. Recently the Brio Group team had the pleasure of bringing to life SpareTicket.com.au – an online entertainment hub where Australians can buy, sell or share tickets to a whole host of events: music, theatre, sport, etc. Launched in late 2010, this relatively new brand…

  • History of browsers infographic

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    You may or may not know this, but March was a big month for browsers. Three of the big four web browsers – Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome and Internet Explorer – all released their latest versions! What they bring for us are improved standards compliance, support for all of the latest technologies including HTML5 and…

  • #epicwinning with ASOS Facebook competition

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    I won, I won, I won!!!! Can you tell that I’m super excited? It’s because I’ve won $300 worth of ASOS gear for free! In the words of one wise Charlie Sheen I think that makes me a “#biwinner”. “#epicwinning” indeed! After I ‘liked’ ASOS on Facebook – one of the largest online fashion retailers which…

  • Animation in television advertising

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    If you’re like me, you’re probably so accustomed to television advertising that you very rarely actually stop to watch how the commercial was made. I saw a fantastic new advertisement this week which prompted me to think about just how many tv ads are now being created that contain animation as opposed to physical elements…

  • London commuters meet Lynx’s augmented reality fallen angels

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    Yesterday I wrote about men’s body wash (Old Spice Campaign), now today I’m turning my attention to men’s deodorant. And with reason … yet again, advertising campaigns are exploring more interactive ways to engage with consumers. This month Lynx and its ad agency BBH launched a campaign that used augmented reality to drop sexy fallen…

  • A campaign to die for: Illamasqua’s ‘Toxic Nature’ colour collection, Autumn 2011

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    As a make-up lover (yes, make-up is another addiction of mine!), I am often disappointed by the majority of advertising campaigns the high-end make-up brands deliver into the market space every year. They’re often the same drab looking old ads: a model – or in some cases, a celebrity – perfectly manicured within an inch…

  • Hands up for public speaking

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    Brio Group

    You know those things at the end of your arms?! The picky-uppy things – it’s just amazing how often those get in the way. As a Presentation Skills and Media Skills Coach and Mentor it’s incredible how often I get asked the question “What do you do with your hands?”. We use our hands every…

  • TQ launches Million Dollar Memo campaign to the world

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    Businesses around the world will go head to head for a $1 million Queensland travel package in Tourism Queensland’s latest global marketing campaign. Companies and workplaces around the globe would vie for the opportunity to win a luxury Queensland reward as part of the Million Dollar Memo campaign. On Friday 18 March, domestic and international businesses were…